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Vermouth … and a brag
August 13, 2007 | 31 Comments
Vermouth is aromatized white wine. It’s a pantry staple.
In our home, it serves three purposes.
1. The perfect martini needs Vermouth.
2. We use it as a white wine substitute in cooking.
3. It is also an excellent substitute for Chinese rice wine in any dish.
Sometimes, you don’t feel like opening a bottle of white wine just because you need a smidgen in your cooking. Besides, once you open a bottle of wine, it needs to be consumed quickly.
For cooking, a relatively inexpensive Dry Vermouth works fine.
Sweet Vermouth is red, Dry Vermouth is white. Both are made by flavouring white wine with herbs, flowers and seeds. (Vermouth, the Aromatized Wine)
We stock Dry Vermouth. As for its shelf life, it will probably outlast your grandkids. If you haven’t been drinking enough martinis, that is.
A shot of neat Dry Vermouth with some ice and a dash of lime is intense, and pretty good. As an aperitif, try the Extra Dry Vya.
We’ve been given two awards by our dear buddy Meeta.
The Thoughtful Blogger Award is for “those who answer blog comments, emails, and make their visitors feel at home on their blogs. For the people who take others’ feelings into consideration before speaking out and who are kind and courteous. Also for those bloggers who spend so much of their time helping other bloggers design, improve, and fix their sites. This award is for those generous bloggers who think of others.”
How could we not have received this honour? We, who thoughtfully mutilate every recipe we encounter. :bruised:
The Power of Schmooze Award is for bloggers who “effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello – all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship.”
It’s official. We’re Schmoozers, and proud of it. 
Thank you for the double honour, dear Meeta.
We’d like to pass on these two awards to all those who sent us entries for our Postcards Series. We’re not sure what the rules of passing these awards on are, but all these bloggers richly deserve it.
When we started blogging, we sent out requests to some of our favourite bloggers, most of whom we barely knew, asking if they would like to contribute. They could easily have said, “Jugalbandi who?”
Some contacted us on their own.
All of them put in a lot of thought and effort to send us a postcard each from their countries. Rosie sent us postcards from two countries.
The postcards are HERE.
Paua Princess (The Paua Palace),
Cynthia (Tastes Like Home),
Rosie (What’s the recipe today Jim?),
Mathy (Virundhu),
Sarina (TriniGourmet),
Ellie (Kitchen Wench),
Susan (Food Blogga),
Sra (When My Soup Came Alive),
Anita (A Mad Tea Party),
Meeta (What’s for lunch, Honey?),
Trupti (The Spice Who Loved Me),
Shilpa (Flog and Rosbif)
and three more bloggers, whose postcards are in the mail. We don’t wish to ruin the surprise, but you know who you are.
Cynthia, our sweet friend, awarded us the
Thanks, dear Cynthia. we are honoured.
We would like to pass The Thinking Blogger Award to
Manisha @ Indian Food Rocks and Inner Lens
Barbara @ Tigers and Strawberries
Nupur @ One Hot Stove
neroli @ neroli.108
Anita @ A Mad Tea Party
- Bee and Jai
awards, MUSINGS, vegetarian recipes, Vermouth
To Jugalbandi! [raises a toast]:horn:
And thanks, Bee and Jai, for the awards!
(and you’re planning to so some frying as you fix your martinis, right?)
no frying, my dear. not this week atleast. we’ve been eating too much junk food of late, and the temps are in the 100 range. – b.
:dance: :horn:
:bow: :yes: :horn: :horn: Congratulations you truly deserve these awards ;;) :dance:
Congrats.
GOT IT!!!!Bee :dance:…Nigella is Karum jeerakam In malayalam!!!Amma uses it in plum/fruit cakes(phew after along search)Spices never let down mallus u see!!! :nono:
Congrats on your awards…you truly deserve them.. :dance:
congrats !! :yes:
hey congrats everyone!! you all do deserve it!!
I saw all my favourite and great blogs getting awards!i am so happy for them and
Jai and Bee great going!!
Enjoy the awards as much as I did! It’s just fun!:)
Martini; I can’t cook with any Alcohol of course.If I do, I will get arrested and kids will be the “wards of the state!!”
I posted a Lychee Shanty Cooler at Aroma,you will love it!
Congrats on the Awards. You truly deserve them.
Congrats on your awards :horn: :horn:
And thank you for giving me one :bow:
I don’t know much about ze alcol but interesting to know about the substitution.
Congrats on the Awards. You truly deserve them.
Hey Guys,
You do definitely deserve the awards as yours is a great site which I love to visit.
BTW: Winston Churchill recipe for a martini calls for a bottle of vermouth which you simply look at as you pour the gin!
Kanch
:yes: Congrats!!!!
Congratultions, folks! :horn: its party time
These awards are indeed very well deserved.
:horn:congratulations to Bee and Jai! :bow:
:love:
:dance:and congratulations to all the deserving recipients! :horn:
and, dear Bee and Jai, I was completely humbled to be given an award as well—thank you so very, very much
:bow:
I’m glad to have such good examples to follow. Thank you!
Congrats on your other awards and you are most welcome. I find great joy, delight, information and inspiration from the work that you (Bee) and Jai put out. It is a pleasure to call you my friends. Lots of love and hugs. :angel:
Congratulations on the well deserved award, it’s time to start the party!
:horn: congrats Jai and Bee you very much deserve awards for all the work you put into this wonderful place :bow:
Opening a bottle of w.wine (or any other wine for that matter) for a teeny amount is dangerous. It has to be finished it, right?
Congrats on the must deserved awards.
Still can’t believe you have been blogging for just a few months.
sometimes we can’t too…we recently crossed 200 posts. b has been doing most of the writing and has been very prolific! –jai
‘much deserved’ not ‘must deserved’.
No, I don’t have an open bottle next to me.
Hey a big big congratulations… all the awards are so well deserved!… may you blog till the end of time!!!
Congrats Bee and Jai
This is indeed a very interesting stop of my day
Well-deserved! You two deserve all these and many more! You bring some bold issues to the forefront here.
, it made my day! :love:
Thank you for my award
who are you, sweet blogger whose day we made?
Congratulations!!! U truly deserve these awards!!!
:yes:Congrats Bee and Jai..Yours is one of the most enriching reads I have come across…Must say, a class apart..and all the awards are well-deserved…applause… :horn: :bow:
:yes: Rock on!!
I no-one else is claiming that comment by Anonymous, it’s me! Me! Me!
Kudos to you two! You are the best!
And thank you for the award, you made my day, too! :love:
Just vermouth on the rocks is also great! I don’t even bother with lime. In the small sherry glasses? It’s bottoms up! Yum! Hic!
Congratulations and its party time :horn: please decide on the venue and menu
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